Phobos and Deimos

[von Tom (Tom)]

I thought I'd give 13th magnitude Phobos a go since Mars is well placed and since I finally managed to restored some semblance of Alt/Az control on my Dobsonian.

Canon EOS 600D, HD Video Crop Mode, 1/30sec, 30fps, (ISO102,400 with Magic Lantern firmware), 5x Powermate, 12"SkyWatcher Goto Dobsonian, manually tracked.

Heavy levels and sharpening used and a normally exposed Mars superimposed.

Also attached is an image of Deimos from the other day.

Thanks for looking,

Tom

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Impressive effort capturing the moons of Mars.

[Dennis]

Hi Tom

More extreme imaging eh! Superb efforts and capturing these two devilishly faint moons of Mars, something I just haven’t considered previously, but this is now on my to do list!

Cheers

Dennis

[pelu]

[Clayton]

Nice one Tom

[Regulus (Trevor)]

In awe! That's impressive Tom.

[John Hothersall]

These are a challenge that has come out very nicely indeed.

John.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Very cool Tom

Mike

[Varangian (John)]

Now that's something you don't see everyday. Considering the surface area you had to work with I'd say this is an excellent effort.

[Ric]

Excellent work Tom

Definitely images that are not easy to capture.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Very well done, and a great challenge indeed! I don't think I have seen these small moons imaged before.

[kinetic (Steve)]

Bloody well done Tom,
It takes some research to find max elongation in an apparition.
You have done very well to get Phobos, the harder of the two.
I could only manage Deimos in 2005. See attached.

Steve

[von Tom (Tom)]

Thanks for all the comment guys - I just had a go at the two tonight using just the 600D and Dob. I think it is well worth a go at these moons!